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Recent Examples of firing squad
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Once aboard the main ship, they were welcomed with a firing squad pointing blasters at their heads.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Once the militants located him, he was dragged out and later shot by a firing squad, Ricks said.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Once aboard the main ship, they were welcomed with a firing squad pointing blasters at their heads.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Once the militants located him, he was dragged out and later shot by a firing squad, Ricks said.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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During the search for Kenney, Charleston police deployed multiple resources, including K9 units, an underwater recovery team, the police’s unmanned aerial system team and harbor patrol.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Parlier is a patrol officer in district two and works on the department’s wellness team.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Baristas at Starbucks cafes across the country are holding pickets this week as part of a collective push for a union contract, and Phoenix workers are joining in.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?—
Mike Snider,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tobolowsky was happy for the material — much of it from a Sears that was being repurposed into an outpost of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — regardless of its condition.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Burns seems like someone who would fit in at Basgiath, or at one of the outposts on Navarre’s front lines.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The pair later designed pieces for various regiments of the Royal Guards, the sentries protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace in London.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Sotheby’s estimated nearly a third of its watch sales in 2023 went to buyers age 30 and under, giving them priceless social currency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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